Ben Power: Biography and Background

Ben Power is a British dramaturg, playwright and screenwriter.

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Ben Power is a British dramaturg, playwright and screenwriter. Since 2010 he has primarily worked at the National Theatre.

He adapted Stefano Massini's play The Lehman Trilogy for the National Theatre in 2018. It transferred to the West End and Broadway, where it won the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play.

His screenplays include the Netflix adaptation of Robert Harris (novelist)' Munich - The Edge of War and several parts of the BBC Shakespeare series The Hollow Crown (TV series). His screen adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s Blood on Snow, directed by Cary Fukunaga will be released in 2027.

He studied English at Cambridge University. Before joining the National Theatre he worked with Rupert Goold as Associate Director of Headlong Theatre. He was dramaturg and Literary Associate on A Disappearing Number for Complicite, which won the 2007 Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Olivier awards for Best Play.

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